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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 425, 19 November 1861, Page 3

A Wild Cat Regimknt.—A regiment of lumbermen in camp at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, must be 'some persimmons,' according to the account of them in the Philadelphia North American. Their skill with the rifle is a touch above extra. The entire lives of the men are spent in the pineries of Porter and Elk counties, except when they are engaged in rafting; and their only pastime is with the rifle, which brings the smallest as well as the largest game to their feet. The use of small shot they consider unworthy the skill of a hunter. They bring down a squirrel from the top of a pine so lofty that the game is scarcely visible to ordinary eyesight. The men in their daily work of cutting timber, receive more or less axe wounds, and for this reason several of them were rejected on inspection. They grumbled immensely at their rejection, and are determined to fight, and for this purpose, are seekirg admission to other regiments. One man, who was rejected, lost his temper, and offered to bet the inspector that he would walk fifty miles without complaining of weariness, and not eat or drink anything until the work was accomplished. More than this, he offered to double the first wager that hu could pierce the eye of Jeff. Davis, or any other traitor, with his rifle, at a distance of 250 yards. The inspecting officer was so impressed by the man's remonstrance against rejection that he declined the bet, and ordered him to fall back into the ranks. Five of the rejected men exhibited their skill with the rifle, at Philadelphia, by knocking a five cent piece from a split stick at the distance of 150 yards. The ' Wild Cat' Regiment, if composed of such fellows, is evidently a 'big thing.'